About block 947,737
Bitcoin block 947,737 was mined by SECPOOL on May 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM UTC, 8 min 47 s after block 947,736. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,190 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 947,737 is number 218 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,798 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,263 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,263 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.